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Press releases

  • Tiguan redesign: Volkswagen’s bestseller celebrates world premiere before 10,000 employees
    09/19/23

    New Tiguan generation: Volkswagen’s bestseller celebrates world premiere in front of 10,000 employees

    Even before the official media unveiling, Volkswagen this morning presented the new Tiguan to some 10,000 employees at the works meeting in and around Hall 11 at the Wolfsburg plant. The Tiguan is one of the most successful Volkswagen models of the present day and is therefore of particular importance to the company: Since it went on sale in 2007, 7.6 million units have been produced – almost one million of them in the past two years. Since 2018, the Tiguan has been the bestselling model of not only Volkswagen Passenger Cars but also the Volkswagen Group. The new, third generation of the bestselling SUV will roll off the assembly line in Wolfsburg from fall 2023 and come onto the market in the first quarter of 2024. With its familiar compact dimensions, the Tiguan combines progressive technologies with charismatic design.
  • 08/31/23

    Open, inclusive, accessible: Volkswagen encourages dialogue at IAA MOBILITY

    The Volkswagen brand will present a new face to the public during the IAA Mobility at Odeonsplatz in Munich: With its dialogue-focused and barrier-free design, Volkswagen’s urban discovery platform in the Open Space will be held under the motto of #OneFuture. With this motto, Volkswagen is expressing the brand’s commitment to corporate responsibility and will bring the full extent of the brand’s diverse product portfolio to life: this is reflected by product premieres like the one for a concept car and by the all-electric vehicles ID.4, ID.5 and ID.7. Visitors will also be given exclusive access to wide-range plug-in hybrids like the new Passat and the new generation of the Tiguan. Dialogue with the brand is key. The multifaceted and free stage program will explore relevant product, social and mobility issues.
  • Brand Group Core Performance 2023

    Brand Group Core increases returns and operating profit in first half of 2023 – systematically moving towards greater profitability in volume segment

    The Volkswagen Group’s Brand Group Core continued its development in the first half of 2023. Thanks to intensified cooperation between the sister brands Volkswagen, ŠKODA, SEAT/CUPRA and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, efficiency and profitability increased through the entire brand group. The new designation of Brand Group Core reflects the central role of the brand group as the backbone of the Volkswagen Group. With its new steering model, the Volkswagen Group’s ambition is to leverage the performance of the brand groups as efficiently as possible while at the same time harnessing the Group’s economies of scale to the greatest possible effect.

Stories

Sustainable materials in cars: Volkswagen opts for non-animal leather and recycled materials
02/23/23

Sustainable materials in cars: Volkswagen opts for non-animal leather and recycled materials

Steering wheel covers made from non-animal leather, seat finishes made from cellulose or recycled materials made from plastic bottles: to further advance the production of its vehicles when it comes to sustainability, Volkswagen is being both creative and innovative – particularly when it comes to the models in the all-electric ID. family. Aiming to further reduce their ecological footprint, VW is researching various promising approaches and implementing them in series production. One focus area here is using non-animal and recycled materials in the interior.
ID.5 in series production: Volkswagen successfully transforms Zwickau site into an electric vehicle production plant
08/19/22

One plant – six models: How Zwickau builds electric cars

Starting today, the all-electric ID.5 will be coming off the production line at Volkswagen’s Zwickau site – this is the sixth electric model to come from the car plant in Saxony. One factory – six cars: an extraordinary challenge. Experts Robert Pahlow (start-up management) and Frank Schemmel (vehicle production) explain how it works.
“#NotWomensFootball” is an important symbol for equality”
07/20/22

“#NotWomensFootball” is an important symbol for equality”

Three matches. Three wins. 9:0 goal difference. The German national team is riding a wave of success at the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 in England. The road to the final in London is a long one, but the team has been a close unit under coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg and silenced many critics. As the German ladies defeated Finland 3:0 in their final match of the group stage, Volkswagen hosted a panel discussion on the topic of “Equality and diversity in and through sport”. Among those attending were former professional footballers Nadine Keßler and Bastian Schweinsteiger. Insights into the latest developments in football for women, and desires for the future.

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Five years ago, we launched the transformation of the Volkswagen brand: With the TRANSFORM 2025+ strategy, the company has completely realigned itself. We have renewed our model range from the ground up. Volkswagen has made a clear commitment to e-drive vehicles. We are already on our way to CO₂-neutral mobility for all!
The history of the Volkswagen brand began with the “Käfer”; development work on this Nazi prestige project began in 1934. On May 28, 1937, the “Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH“ (Company for the Preparation of the German Volkswagen Ltd.) was formally established. The name was changed to “Volkswagenwerk GmbH” in 1938, and the company built its main plant in what has become Wolfsburg. However, the outbreak of war and integration in the arms industry prevented mass production of the Volkswagen (“people’s car”) – instead, military vehicles and other armaments were produced using forced labor.